Stories from my desk
It's PMR week and I'm glad I managed to let myself out of becoming an invigilator. I can never stand being stationary for a longggggggg period of time and I rather be copy printing and stapling papers at school rather than be at another school and stand for mindless hours. No offense for those invigilating cos I know you guys will get money hahaha...
I'm glad I stepped out of the invigilator's list because on the second day of PMR, my Form 3 students were frantically looking for me to sooth their nerves for English Paper 1 and Paper 2.
"Teacher...banyaknya perkataan baru!!!"
"Teacher...apa itu "arguing"??"
"Teacher..."anxious" tu ertinya nervous kan?"
"Teacher...saya lupa bah nama kawan si Dr jekyll!!"
"Nahhhh nasib sia tulis pasal si Robinson sama si Friday!!!"
"Teacher, tu article sia tertulis macam report!!! Macamana ni??"
"Teacher...doakan kami sangkut2 dapat B ya"
"Teacher..suda ku prektis handwriting ku..." (Ya, handwritingmu macam cacing..tulung la tulis cantik2 karanganmu)
Teacher this...teacher that...my desk was swarmed by my students!!
Eventhough it was a bit crowded, but I feel blessed. My PLBS and 001M were left unfinished that day but I'm glad that in a small way, I managed to calm them down. They've tried their best and I'm sure deep down (although sometimes I feel like killing them!!) they really want to prove to me that they were listening in between my nagging lines. At that moment, I just don't care about falling graphs or a decrease of English language subject %, it's my job to handle that. These kids have tried their very best knowing that English to them is like quantum physics.
I heard my colleague commented "Wah, ramai peminat ah..." and I noticed, the majority of students who swarmed my desk were boys! Only two girls came to see me about the papers and they just said "Teacherrrrrr...susah oh!!!" and then they left. The boys were "TEACHERR!!!" here and "TEACHERRRR!!!!" there..I thought I attracted pheromones.
Somehow, I think I'm still not ready for this profesion...but maybe He thinks otherwise. Dear God, You know what's best...and thank you for giving my students the inspiration and determination to pass their exam. Amen.
Its true what some educator say:
The reward of teaching do not come in monetary forms, rather it is shown in the eyes of the children.
I'm glad I stepped out of the invigilator's list because on the second day of PMR, my Form 3 students were frantically looking for me to sooth their nerves for English Paper 1 and Paper 2.
"Teacher...banyaknya perkataan baru!!!"
"Teacher...apa itu "arguing"??"
"Teacher..."anxious" tu ertinya nervous kan?"
"Teacher...saya lupa bah nama kawan si Dr jekyll!!"
"Nahhhh nasib sia tulis pasal si Robinson sama si Friday!!!"
"Teacher, tu article sia tertulis macam report!!! Macamana ni??"
"Teacher...doakan kami sangkut2 dapat B ya"
"Teacher..suda ku prektis handwriting ku..." (Ya, handwritingmu macam cacing..tulung la tulis cantik2 karanganmu)
Teacher this...teacher that...my desk was swarmed by my students!!
Eventhough it was a bit crowded, but I feel blessed. My PLBS and 001M were left unfinished that day but I'm glad that in a small way, I managed to calm them down. They've tried their best and I'm sure deep down (although sometimes I feel like killing them!!) they really want to prove to me that they were listening in between my nagging lines. At that moment, I just don't care about falling graphs or a decrease of English language subject %, it's my job to handle that. These kids have tried their very best knowing that English to them is like quantum physics.
I heard my colleague commented "Wah, ramai peminat ah..." and I noticed, the majority of students who swarmed my desk were boys! Only two girls came to see me about the papers and they just said "Teacherrrrrr...susah oh!!!" and then they left. The boys were "TEACHERR!!!" here and "TEACHERRRR!!!!" there..I thought I attracted pheromones.
Somehow, I think I'm still not ready for this profesion...but maybe He thinks otherwise. Dear God, You know what's best...and thank you for giving my students the inspiration and determination to pass their exam. Amen.
Its true what some educator say:
The reward of teaching do not come in monetary forms, rather it is shown in the eyes of the children.
